Cheapest place for mac hardware?

[davidd]

We need one of these..

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.wo...

Any idea where I might get one for less cash (not ebay).

Cheers

D

[HiRich]

You're unlikely to beat that price without going through private listings (ebay, MacWorld classifieds, etc.)
http://www.2ndchancepc.co.uk/mac-pro.html have a loaded version of the same machine at £1526 inc. VAT

[mcflurry]

If you buy from Apple or Mac Warehouse through Quidco you can get 3-5% rebates off that sum, as well as the warranty

[Alicat]

Don't forget you can, if you qualify, get educational discounts.

Alicat

[davidd]

alas I don't qualify. although i have children at shool

[Strangely Brown]

The cheapest place is almost certainly Apple's HE store. It's rather nice to be able to get at it.

[bga]

Cancom sometimes has cheap refurb stuff. I had a couple of emacs from there a while ago & you would struggle to know that they weren't brand new (apart from the price)

[davidd]

Strangely Brown said:

The cheapest place is almost certainly Apple's HE store. It's rather nice to be able to get at it.

whats that?

[PulseTurbo]

The higher education store. Not sure on the link, but go on the main site and it's on there. Just type in any place of education to take a look at the prices.

For example, the £700 Macbook can be had for just over £600.

[Alicat]

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukInd

Have a look here! I have found that I get a better deal by ringing them direct. They are very efficient!

Alicat

[PulseTurbo]

That's the one Alicat! Nice one.

[Strangely Brown]

That's the Education Store, the HE store is a few pounds cheaper still than that.

e.g. 1TB Time Capsule is £329.00 in the Apple store, £303.15 in the Education store but only £292.58 in the HE Store.

AFAIK you can only get at the HE store from known UK HE IP addresses.

[miles_stylus]

So how do you get to this nivarna HE place then? What's the process?

Many thanks

Miles

[Strangely Brown]

miles_stylus said:

So how do you get to this nivarna HE place then? What's the process?

As I said, you need to be on one of the UK HE networks.

http://apple.procureweb.ac.uk/ 

[AndyWoodall]

It is worth noting that you can also get the HE discount price in Apple Retail stores. Obviously, you have to have the required proof of currently being at, or involved with, a HE institution, but its the same level of discount. Handy if you don't want a BTO order or live close to one of the stores.

[Strangely Brown]

AndyWoodall said:

It is worth noting that you can also get the HE discount price in Apple Retail stores. Obviously, you have to have the required proof of currently being at, or involved with, a HE institution, but its the same level of discount. Handy if you don't want a BTO order or live close to one of the stores.

I didn't know that, but it certainly seems a logical and sensible thing to do.

[cyberface]

Strangely Brown said:

miles_stylus said:

So how do you get to this nivarna HE place then? What's the process?

As I said, you need to be on one of the UK HE networks.

http://apple.procureweb.ac.uk/ 

Heh. That's running Windows and MS web server.

What is it - presumably a gateway on the old JANET (showing my age now, presumably it's all linked up now and it just knows which IP ranges are from registered higher education institutions) - I really can't believe it's an Apple site.

Apple have been eating their own dog food for a long time - the Apple website has run on OS X and WebObjects for ages. It took Microsoft some time before they started eating their dogfood (MS's website was originally Apache on Unix IIRC)

[Strangely Brown]

cyberface said:

What is it - presumably a gateway on the old JANET (showing my age now, presumably it's all linked up now and it just knows which IP ranges are from registered higher education institutions) - I really can't believe it's an Apple site.

The .ac.uk domain would be the giveaway there then. Yes, you're almost certainly right. It's just a gateway that controls access from UK HE sites to the real HE Store at Apple. That gateway looks like it is run by Cardiff University.